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Who Is Driving the Pandemic Express?

Who Is Driving the Pandemic Express?
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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Skeptics of the growing “pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response” (PPR) agenda celebrated recently, heralding a perceived “defeat“ of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) controversial amendments to the International Health Regulations. Although the proposed amendments would have undoubtedly expanded the WHO’s powers, this focus on the WHO reflects a narrow view of global health and the pandemic industry.
David Bell, senior scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), programme head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in Geneva, Switzerland, and director of Global Health Technologies at Intellectual Ventures Global Good Fund in Bellevue, Wash.
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